Re: PHP Books at Sitepoint

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, Paul.  I wasn't sure; I just wanted to point out the comment.  You
always have to take those comments with a grain of salt.  I was hoping for
some followup, but nobody responded.  Glad you know better, because I'm
interested in it now that you say it's PHP5 centric.

Joe


> Don't know what Gabor was smoking - the book is based on PHP 5. This is
> the second edition - maybe the first edition was PHP 4.
>
> Snippet from the Preface "The object oriented paradigm seems to scare
> many PHP developers, and is often
> regarded as being off limits to all but the PHP gurus. What this book
> will show you is that you don't need a computer science degree to take
> advantage of the object oriented features and class libraries available
> in PHP 5 today."
>
> BTW - I also highly recommend Sitepoint - I have yet to get a bad book
> from them. And I really like the way they market.
>
> And, like Brian, I also carry all of their books on my Kindle. Kool!
>
> Regards
>
> Paul Tuohy
> ComCon
> www.comconadvisor.com
> www.systemideveloper.com
>
>
>
>
>
> Joe Pluta wrote:
> > Thanks, Bryce!
> >
> > I will definitely take advantage of this.
> >
> > However, I want to caution folks.  I read the comments, and one in
> > particular caught my eye especially considering the conversation we just
> > had here:
> >
> > -----
> > Gábor Sörnyei  6:27 am
> > The main problem with the PHP Anthology is that it is based on the PHP4
> > version. The OOP of the version is totally different from the PHP5 wich
> > is
> > generally used nowdays. I don't know what the other books/video lesson
> > offer in terms of the PHP but if they're still using PHP4 then it is
> > just
> > waste of money.
> > -----
> >
> > This goes directly to my earlier point that lots of what is out there is
> > PHP4, even though PHP5 is over six years old.  The adoption of PHP5 has
> > been very slow.
> >
> > Joe
> >
> >
> > > Also for those who don't know... sitepoint.com is a great site for
> > > learning and keeping up with the latest in web development.  If you see
> > > any of the other sales at the url Mike provided but are sad you missed
> > > it,
> > > be patient and sign up for the news letter.  Last year on Day23 of the
> > > sale they opened up all the previous deals for that day again back to
> > > the
> > > first day of the sale.  On Day 24 last year they opened up all PDF
> > > versions of their books for $4.95 a piece.  So if you only want 1 of
> > > the
> > > books listed in a bundle, sit tight, you'll get your shot at a great
> > > deal.
> > >
> > > Thanks for sharing this Mike.  I should have shared this with the
> > > Web400
> > > List long ago :D
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